[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/QCgTnAH.png[/img][/center] [hr][@Zeroth][@Duthguy] 

Though the absorbing the beetle's soul had been far less traumatizing than it had been with the slime, Jason doubted he'd ever be able to truly stomach the experience of absorbing souls, and having to relive every moment of the life he had just taken.  However, on the bright side, he had finally hit level 8!  Regaining his body was that much closer to happening! As for what he wanted to spend his skillpoints on-- Jason didnt need to dwell on it much, as three skills stuck out as potentially valuable to him.

[Color=darkred]"3 points to spiritual awareness, 2 to mana sense, and 5 to shield."[/color]

The moment it registered with the system, Jason cast shield on himself, hoping to negate some of his MP loss by "trapping" it inside the shield. Slowly, he lowered himself into the darkness of the log as he activated his newly awoken [b][Mana Sense][/b]. He felt for the mana in everything around him, the log, the air, the light, the darkness, and finally; the earth.  Focusing on the earth's  mana, Jason used [b][Mana Drain][/b] to once again draw the ever so familiar energy of the earth into his phantasmal body; in hopes it may allow him to regain some of his lost abilities.   

After one or two minutes of focused draining, Jason turned his attention to Danny's dissection of the beetle, passively draining the ambient mana with [b][Mana Drain][/b] as he did so.  Carefully, Jason analyzed the beetle as his only remaining ally went about processing their kill.